I’m still in APC–– Amosun

Gov. Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun says he will remain in the All
Progressives Congress (APC) to contest the senatorial election in
2019 while ensuring the re-election of President Muhammadu
Buhari.

He, however, said aggrieved party members who defected to the
Allied People’s Movement (APM) have his blessings.

Amosun spoke on Monday in Abeokuta at a stakeholders meeting of
the APC which was attended by his preferred governorship candidate
and the flagbearer of APM, Adekunle Akinlade.

The governor ’s declaration came as 26 aggrieved candidates of
the APC loyal to the governor announced their defection to the
APM.

Amosun said he had tried his best to stop the defection of
Akinlade and other aggrieved candidates.

He vowed to use everything within his capacity to ensure the
success of Akinlade and other aggrieved members in their new
party.

Amosun also said that he would not support the governorship
candidate of the APC, Dapo Abiodun.

“When these people came, they told me they are leaving the APC,
I said ‘no’ but I couldn’t stop them. In fact, Akinlade has my full
support.

” I am not going to stop him, everything I have, I will use to
support him, let them try whatever they want to try, we also have
our strategies and I am not going to hide behind one finger.

“I remain in APC because that’s what those people want, they
want us to leave APC but they are joking.

“ I will stay in APC to ensure that Buhari wins in Ogun State
and to let them know that they can’t subvert the will of the
state.

“Every day, I will campaign for President Muhammdu Buhari, we
will do everything possible to ensure Buhari wins massively in
Ogun, but they should not miss it.

“ I, Sen. Ibikunle Amosun, will not support anyone they are
bringing,” he said.

Amosun, who vowed to resist rigging in the state, also pledged
to check violence in the electoral process.

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